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   \title{MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT II}

   \author{Candidate \# X} % Please fill in your candidate number. 
 
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\section{Planning your research project} 
\subsection{Scientific question} 
\instructions{Start with 1-3 sentences describing the context/background for your research project, motivating your 
your tentative scientific question that you want to address in your project assignment. Continue then to explicitly state that question in 1-2 sentences. }

\paragraph{\textbf{Context/background.}}  % Write 1-2 sentences.  

\paragraph{\textbf{Scientific question.}} % Write 1-3 sentences. The more concise, the better. 


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\subsection{Tentative work plan} 
\instructions{Outline your tentative approach to address the chosen scientific question in bullet points. What do you plan to do first? What next? And so on. Try to briefly describe the result that you expect/hope that task will produce or the reason why you want to try it. Examples for tasks:\\ 
$\blacksquare$~Calculate histograms of the intensity map at $\lambda = xxx$\,nm in data set obs....  for different parts of ...\\
$\blacksquare$~Measure the size of granules in data set XX. Expected result: Obtain granule sizes.  
}

\begin{itemize} 
\item ... --- Expected result: 
\item ... --- Expected result:  
\item ... --- Expected result: 
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\subsection{Initial reading list} 
\instructions{For each listed paper, explain in 1-3 sentence(s) why you chose that paper. Why do you think it might be relevant for your (tentative) science case?}


\begin{itemize} 
\item \citet{} --- Reason(s) for choosing this paper: 
\item \citet{} --- Reason(s) for choosing this paper:  
\item \citet{} --- Reason(s) for choosing this paper: 
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\section{Introduction / background} 
\instructions{Please provide some background / introduction for your tentative science case. Start with a broader introduction of the topic and narrow it down towards your science question. You should address why the question is important/interesting and what is current state of knowledge in the literature  (add some references). Optionally, you can also add figures if it is helpful for describing/illustrating your science case.\\ 
\textbf{Requirement: 1\,500 - 3\,000 words. }\\   
(One page of pure text with the given formatting typically contains about 800 to 850 words.) }

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%\caption{The plot shows the semi-empirical atmosphere model~C by \citet{1981ApJS...45..635V}. \textit{Top:}~Gas temperature as function of height. \textit{Bottom:}~Logarithmic gas density as function of height. The vertical dashed line marks the height at which the optical depth $\tau_{500\,\mathrm{nm}}$ is unity, marking the bottom of the photosphere.} 
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